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  Those darned apostates

  by berrygerry in

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  july 15, 1992 wt.

  "apostates capitalize on errors or seeming mistakes made by brothers who take the lead.

  our safety lies in avoiding apostate propaganda as though it were poison, which in fact it is.".

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  Amazing! And yet, 20 - odd years later, they change the identity of the FDS after saying beware of apostates and trust the FDS!
  
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  Must the Elders Always be Told?

  by snugglebunny in

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  i recall that some years ago the wt stated that not all offences need to be reported to the elders, but that confessing serious sins to another person who was not an elder could suffice.

  the article stated that this did not include sexual offences and that these must be reported to the elders.. can anyone throw any light on this please?.

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  As a young man I was always told that any DF'ing offence committed meant that a JC was the only way towards being absolved from whatever sin one had committed, anything else would result in death at armageddon.
  
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  Must the Elders Always be Told?

  by snugglebunny in

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  i recall that some years ago the wt stated that not all offences need to be reported to the elders, but that confessing serious sins to another person who was not an elder could suffice.

  the article stated that this did not include sexual offences and that these must be reported to the elders.. can anyone throw any light on this please?.

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  Thanks for that. However, there was defifitely a WT that specifically stated that minor disfellowshipping matters (minor, hah!) could be dealt with by simply confessing to someone else without the need for a JC. The WT also stated categorically that this didn't apply to sexual matters. Probably an 80's or 90's WT.
  
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  Must the Elders Always be Told?

  by snugglebunny in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i recall that some years ago the wt stated that not all offences need to be reported to the elders, but that confessing serious sins to another person who was not an elder could suffice.

  the article stated that this did not include sexual offences and that these must be reported to the elders.. can anyone throw any light on this please?.

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  I recall that some years ago the WT stated that not all offences need to be reported to the elders, but that confessing serious sins to another person who was not an elder could suffice. The article stated that this did not include sexual offences and that these MUST be reported to the elders.

  Can anyone throw any light on this please?
  
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  Confusion over the parable of the prodigal son

  by economy in

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  though parable of prodigal son is superlative in quality as it graphically picturizes the scientific law of cause and consequence, its conclusion defames god.

  when the prodigal son returned repentant, his father showed his delight saying: let us celebrate this by killing a fattened calf.

  (luke 15:23) such a concept (let us rejoice by giving maximum pain to another innocent living being) seems to be interpolation for the following reason:.

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  Isn't the bigger issue that the father forgave the son even though the son was not truly repentant but he only came back because he was hungry?

  Kind of blows the "shunning" practice to bits doesn't it? The father should have shunned the son until he was "truly" repentant.

  Also bear in mind that the father ran to meet his son. He didn't wait to see how repentant his son was before calling for a feast!
  
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  Do JW Children Still Call Adults "Aunt" and "Uncle"?

  by cofty in

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  when i was young we were taught to refer to other adult jws as aunt or uncle.. was this also the case in other countries and does it still happen?.

  was it just a custom or has the literature ever commented on it?.

  thanks.

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  Yes indeed. It was considered a mark of respect when I was but a wee lad. But back then, all other adults were Mr or Mrs. Of course you could refer to adults as brother Fred or sister Janet, but then you looked mighty peculiar calling someone brother or sister if you met them on the street while in the company of non-witness heathens, so auntie or uncle was deemed a good compromise.
  
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  has anyone seen vidio on youtube about why they changed cover of songbook search youtube jw.org embarrassment

  by poopie in

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  any thoughts.

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  It looks like a penis only smaller.
  
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  Why a JC if the adulterous mate is forgiven?

  by snugglebunny in

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  supposing a man's wife has had an affair, confessed all and genuinely regrets what's happened.

  the husband, after much soul searching and agonising, realises how much he still loves her and how much both of them want to rebuild their shattered relationship.. why should that woman then have to sit in front of a judicial men-only committee and give a blow-by-blow account of her affair?.

  how would that make her husband feel, knowing that his wife is sharing intensely private stuff about her affair with several other guys?.

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  The husband in your situation could sit in on the judicial meeting and cause it to be less graphic (if at all).

  My OP refers to a real actual situation. The husband was not a JW, so no input was sought from him. He was actually furious at what he perceived to be an outright intrusion into his private life and begged his wife not to attend. She was convinced that she would be disfellowshipped if she didn't attend. So she did. Her attendance didn't help matters between them at all.
  
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  Why a JC if the adulterous mate is forgiven?

  by snugglebunny in

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  supposing a man's wife has had an affair, confessed all and genuinely regrets what's happened.

  the husband, after much soul searching and agonising, realises how much he still loves her and how much both of them want to rebuild their shattered relationship.. why should that woman then have to sit in front of a judicial men-only committee and give a blow-by-blow account of her affair?.

  how would that make her husband feel, knowing that his wife is sharing intensely private stuff about her affair with several other guys?.

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  Supposing a man's wife has had an affair, confessed all and genuinely regrets what's happened. The husband, after much soul searching and agonising, realises how much he still loves her and how much both of them want to rebuild their shattered relationship.

  Why should that woman then have to sit in front of a judicial men-only committee and give a blow-by-blow account of her affair?

  How would that make her husband feel, knowing that his wife is sharing intensely private stuff about her affair with several other guys?

  Wouldn't that JC be incredibly damaging to a couple who's relationship is already desperately fragile?
  
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  Shorter meetings for field service

  by hoser in

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  march kingdom ministry insert is about how the field service meetings will be shortened from 10 to 15 minutes down to 5 to 7 minutes.

  they want the publishers to report more hours.

  in my experience the problem isn't the length of the meeting for service but pioneers and publishers dogging it after the service arrangement.

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  LOL. For those who don't understand about dogging........

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXzaVOk_Ydk